The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome), founded in 1904 as Nederlands Historisch Instituut te Rome, is a Dutch centre for studies in the Humanities based in Rome. It was awarded the title "Royal" by
Queen Beatrix
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal gr ...
in 2004. The Institute was initially one of several
Roman Historical Institutes
Roman Historical Institutes are collegiate bodies established at Rome, for the purpose of historical research, mostly in the Vatican archives. These have been set both by ecclesiastical authority, and by national governments.
Opening of the Vatic ...
set up to identify and publish Roman archival documents of national interest, with
Gisbert Brom as its first director. Its remit has since been extended to include the study of archaeology, art history, literature, architecture and geography.
Publications
In 1921 the Institute launched a journal, ''Mededelingen van het Nederlands Historisch Instituut te Rome'', with contributions often summarised or even published in full in English, German and Italian.
[Issues 1921-2002 are available online at http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/knir/] From 2007 to 2013 the journal was published under the English title ''Journal of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome'', and is currently titled ''Papers of the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome''.
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Organisations based in Rome
Research institutes established in 1904
History institutes
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